Window-screen guide.



D. O'NEILL.

WINDOW SCREEN GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYQ. I91?- 1 359,549. Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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I}; ON'EILL.

WINDOW SCREEN GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYQ, 1911.

1,259,549. Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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DAVID O'NEILL, OF WOODSIDE, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-SCREEN GUIDE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAvn) ONEILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woodside, L. I., in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Screen Guides; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap ertains to make and use the same.

dy invention relates to improvements in win ow screens of that type forming the subject matter of my Patent Number 1,240,768, Sept. 18, 1917, and its rimary object is to provide a means adapted to prevent the side edges of the screen material from being pulled or withdrawn from the guides, the means; comprehending a structure, which will not interfere with the free rolling upon or off of the screen upon the roller.

A still further object of mv invention is to provide a pair of novel guides adapted to be secured in the guide ways of a window frame, which have their lower ends commu nicating with the casing having the screen rolled therein, the lower ends of the guides communicating withthe casing to permit the screen to be unwound from the roller and pass into the guides to be held therein when in fully raised position.

A still further object of my invention is to provide the opposite side edges of the screen material with flexible hinged strips or sides and to provide the guides with novel means, which are adapte' to engage the strips and turn them at an angle with relation tothe screen, thus preventing the screen from being, pulled or withdrawn from the guides when the screen is raised.

A still further object-of this invention is to provide the guides with a novel block, whlch' has an inclined face, the lower end of the block being inclined in an op osite direction to engage the screen on its initial movement in t e guides to turn the bin ed strips at an angle .to the screen body, t us preventing the withdrawal from the guides when the screen is-in f'ull raised'position.- Astill further object 0 this. invention is tolprovide a device of this character, which be simple, practical and comparatively inex ensive in construction, and one that can manufactured and sold at a low cost. With these and other objects in view, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 9, 1917.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Serial No. 167,486.

invention consists in the novel combination illustrating a rolling window screen applied thereto and which 1s constructedin accord ance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view illustrating the manner in which the guides are connected to the roller casing,

Fig. his a transverse sectional view taken on the line i-4 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken through one of the guides, illustrating the manner in which the screen is held against withdrawal therefrom,

Fig. 6 isa bottom plan view of one of the guides illustrating the manner in which the hinged strip of the screen is turned at an angle to the body.-

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the lower end of the guiding block,

Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view taken through the, lower portion of .one' of the guides to illustrate the initial position of the screen within the guides prior to it being fully placed within the guides.

Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the lower portion of the guide blocks,

Fig. 10 is an end elevation of the same,

Fig. His a fragmentary front elevation of the screen illustrating the manner in which the strip is hinged to the side edges.

" Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings; I

Referri g to the drawings, the numeral-1 designates a window frame having the usual sill 2 and the vertical guide ways 3 and 4,

ends c opening to the casing. The casing! has its sed by the end walls 10, and each inclined of which are apertured for the purpose of rotatably supporting a roller 11.

My improved construction is applied to the above typed description and includes a pair of vertical guides lit. each of which is termed ot a single piece. of suitable material. The, guides 13 have their lower ends flared and adapted to rest on each end of the casing 7 adjacent the. slot 9 for receiving the side edges of a screen 13. which is wound upon the r ller 11 located within the. cusinc and extends out oi the casing by the way of the slot: t).

The guides 1'. are substantially U-shapod in cross section aml have one of their arm portions inclined inwardly as at ll to provide a rctainin; flange, the terminal of the retaining flange is bent ont\\'ardl as at 15 and is arranged parallel with the arms 16 of the gnidesand in spaced relation thereto to provide a substantially vertical slot for receiving the side edges of the screen 13 when moving into the guides when passing from or oil of the. roll-er 11.

The lower end of the arm 16 is flared outwardly as at 17 and the lower end of the member 16 slotted and bent lll )\\'ttl'tlly as at 19 to leave the lower ends of the guides fully openas at. 20 and shown in Fig. 3 to permit the free sliding Il'lOX'tElllQllt of the screen 13 up into the. guides 12. a

The guides 12 are provided adjacent their upper ends on the outer side of the arms 16 with laterally extending lugs :21 to which is pii'otall secured the locking arm 22-, which has a cam working surface 23, which is adapted to engage one of the walls of the guide way 3, thus forcing the other arm of the guides 12 intojein age-merit with the other wall. thereby locting the guides 12 vertically within the guide way 3, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

A guide block 2% is substantially triangular in cross section and is slidably arranged in the guides 12 and has one vertical side edge extended as at 26 to provide a-rcla-- lively straight wall 27, thus positioning the face 12H in parallel relation with the retaining flange H, and in spaced relation thereto.

The lower end of the guide block 24 is beveled and inclined in a direction opposite to theinclined surface as at '29 and tapers into an extension 30, and is adapted to re -i\'c the side-edges oil: the screen on its in itial nnqnementinto the guides, the. purpose of which will he hereinafter more fully doscribcd.

The free end of the screen 13'is secured to the, usual attaching strip used in my patented constriction and designated 31, which is secured to the sash! by clamps 32, and it is secured to the free. on of the screen by the pile,- :33, thus it can be seen that when the sash G is raised that the screenwill be moved upwardly into the open space normally closed by the sash 6 when down and the side edges of the screen 13 will enter into vertically extending guides 1'2 and be retained therein and against witlnlrawal therefrom by a novel n'ieans, which will be hereinafter more fully described.

The screen 18 has hingedly connected to the side edges a flexible strip Bl, which is hingcdly connected to the side edges as at 35 in any suitable manner, it being shown here as a substantially serpentine sch-age edge hingcdly connected to the sides of the screen 13 by a single length of wire 36, which iswoven into the material 13 and provided with loops 37, which engage the portions of the strip 3-1 to hingedly connectit to the side edges of the screen 13.

The, hinged connection of the strip 34 with the side edges of the screen '13 l)(!l'fl'lll. this strip to be moved in any angled position entering into the guides 12, thereby when turned into the angled position shown in Fig. 5, it is fully up into the guides 12 and is held against withdrawal therefrom by a retaining flange 14 and the angular formation of the strip ill with relation to the screen 13.

It is to be. understood that the strip 34 may be any form or shape and hingedly connected to the side edges of the screen that upon the initial movement of the same into the guides, it will engage the side 29 of the block 24-and upon further increment up in the guides 12, it. will be turned inthe angle illustrated in Fig. 5, due to the inclination of the face 28 of the block 24, thereby retaining the. screen in the guides when in fully raised position within the guides.

It is also to he noted that the hinged con- 1o5 nection of the strip ill to the screen 13 prcvents movement of the screen from the guides, thereby preventing access to the interior of the room or the like by insects from the exterior.

In use, the location of the lower ends of thc guides is directly over the slot 9 in the cas ng 7,.thcrcby when the sash 6 is raised, the screen will he unwound from the roller 11, the upper end of the screen entering into 11-) and through. the slot 9 of the casin and the side edges of the screen entering tlG guides 12 and the flexible strip 3t engaging the face 28 and the, box 29, whereby further movement into the-guides 12, the flexible strip 3,4 will be bent angularly with relation to the body 13, as shown in Fig. 5, thus positioning the member 34 or flexible stri 34 behind the retaining flange 14 of the casmgs or guide; 12 and thereby prevent the screen from being withdrawn bodily from the guides until rewound upon the roller 11.

What is claimed is:

1. A screen, a strip hingedly connected to the side edges of. the screen, guides, flanges 180.

carried by the guides, and means within the. guides for engaging the strip to bend it at an inclination to the screen to prevent 'the withdrawal of the screen from the guides, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A screen, a flexible strip hingedly connected to the side edges of the screen, guides, a retaining flange carried by the guides, and means located in the guides and in spaced relation to the retaining flange to bend the strip at an angle to the screen when moved 1nto the guides to prevent the Withdrawal of the screen from the guides, as and for the purpose specified.

8. A rolling Window screen including a screen body, a flexible strip hingedly connected to the side edges of said screen body, guides, an inclined retaining flange carried by said guides, and means located within the guides and in spaced relation to the retaining flange to bend the strip at an angle to the body of the screen when moving into the guides to Prevent the withdrawal of the screen from the ides.

4. A rolling wlndow screen comprising a screen, a flexible strip hingedly connected to the marginal side edges of the screen, guides, a "retaining flange carried by said guides, and a block located within the guides and having an inclined face, which-is arranged in spaced relation to theretaining flange, and said block adapted to engage the strip of the screen on its initial movement into the guides to bend the strip at an angle with relation to the screen tolocate the same behind the retainin flange of the guides to prevent the wit drawal of the screen from the guides.

5. A rolling window screen of the class described including. a screen, a strip hingedly secured to the marginal side edges of the screen, guides substantially U-shaped in crosssection, one arm or the guides inclined inwardly to define a, retainingflange, the inner terminal of the retaining flange bent outwardl in s aced relation to the other arm of t e gui es to Provide a slot to permit the screen body to move freely into the guides, and a block located within the guides and having an inclined face arranged in parallel spaced relation with the retaining ange of the guides, the lower portion of the block being beveled and inclined in a direction opposite to the inclination of the other face to permit the insertion of the 6. A rolling WlIldOW screen comprising a screen body, a strip hingedly connected to the marginal side edges of the body, guides, blocks arranged in the guides, a flange carried by the guides and in spaced relation to the blocks, said blocks adapted to move the flexible strips of the screen to an angled position with relation to the body of the screen when moved into the ides to prevent withdrawal of the screen Edm the guides, as and for the purpose specified.

7 A rolling window screen comprising a screen body having op osite .side marginal edges provided with hmged strips, beveled guides, said guides being substantially U shaped in cross section and havin one of its arms inclined inwardly to prov de a" retaining flange, the inner end of the retaining flange bent outwardl and in spaced parallel relation with the ot er arm of the guides, a substantially triangular shaped block arranged in said guides, having one OflitS inclined faces in spaced parallel'relation with the retaining flange, the lower ed e of said block having its face-beveled an inclined in a direction opposite to the inclination of the face which is parallel with the flange, said .inclined faces of the block adapted to bend the hinged strips of the screen body at an angle to the body when the screen is moved into the pose specified.

8. A screen including a body, a transversely flexible strip hingedly connected to the side edges of the body, guides, means 10- cated in the guides for moving the strips at various angled positions with relation to the body, as the side edges are moved up into the guides.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID ONEILL. Witnesses: Y

JOHN MCKENZIE, Ono Loren.

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